Desus ‏@desusnice1h
Don Lemon the type to yell “Gotta hear both sides” at the end of “12 years a slave”

Donnie ‏@DonLemonTheType35m
Don Lemon the type to color with only 50 shades of beige crayons.

Alma98

That butter pecan and lemon zest on collard greens had me gasping for air. LOL

http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

I can’t lied tho…the lemon zest on collards sounds tasty.

Alma98

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!! It probably is, now black twitter is gonna have everybody putting lemon zest in their collards lol.

AxelFoley

Oh Lord, Black Twitter can’t stop.

conlakappa

It is spreading: the DJ on WHUR played Knee Deep then Me, Myself, I, leading the host to say that everyone in the studio was jamming, even the interns who were too young to know the songs. The DJ joked, “Everyone but Don Lemon, who just called me to ask me to turn off the jungle music; too much bass!”

WASHINGTON-The White House says President Barack Obama has met with two special envoys for closing the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, prison and recommitted to closing it.

Obama met Monday with State Department envoy Clifford Sloan and Pentagon envoy Paul Lewis. It’s the first publicly announced meeting between Obama and the envoys.

Obama vowed to close the prison but has been thwarted by Congress. He announced in May he would appoint envoys and ordered the Pentagon to designate a site in the U.S. where detainee trials could be held.

“The Guantanamo facility continues to drain our resources and harm our standing in the world,” White House press secretary Jay Carney said in a statement.

@stevebenen
Fla woman was media darling when she criticized ACA. Will media ignore her now that she sees ACA as a “blessing”? http://on.msnbc.com/1776JPg

Alma98

You know the rabid teabaggers might go after her.

Alma98

SIGH!

Anya says:

November 5, 2013 at 4:32 pm
I am so mad at the democrats, from President Obama down to the
local bosses in Jersey. They bailed on Buono and handed that nasty bully an easy win. Let’s hope there’s a huge win for the Dems in the
legislator to stop his abuses.

MsKitty

Like I said, it’s easier talking to a brick wall.

Alma98

How is it PBO’s fault that she ran a shitty campaign? Or that some local dems are on Christie’s side.

jziglar

It’s not but they always have to blame the President even when it has nothing to do with him.

AxelFoley

Balloon Juice?

Alma98

You know it.

jziglar

First of all the dems already have a strong majority in the NJ legislature so what is she talking about ?

She’s not the only one either, I don’t post over there just peruse sometimes. If I did post JC would ban me in a heartbeat.

gn

I was dismayed that Buono never took off but I noticed a lot of Johnnys- and Janes-come-lately went into this really hyper angry mode just over the past few days of this contest which is stupid because at that point, it was obvious that she was losing and there wasn’t much anyone could do about it. If the establishment bailed on Buono then the grassroots certainly did too—she struggled to get even modest attention from “the base” gatekeepers.

Report: California Insurer To Delay Health Insurance Cancellations Until End Of March

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced
Tuesday that Blue Cross Blue Shield California will delay its
individual policy cancellations until March 31, 2014, granting policy
holders a 90-day extension.[….] Since Blue Shield left the market, it needed to give consumers 180 days notice.

Jones clarified in his statement that if those police holders want to take advantage of government subsidies, in particular through the Affordable Care Act, they should choose a new plan by Dec. 15.[…]

Blue Shield spokesman Steve Shivinsky told the San Francisco Business Times that California had threatened to sue the company if it did not delay cancellations after a disagreement over the insurer’s original 90 day notice to customers.[….]

In honor of his mother, a breast cancer survivor, and for Breast
Cancer Awareness month, Ryan Marotta bought pink sneakers to wear to school. The NFL does it, so it must be cool. But, some of his middle school classmates harassed him because he was a boy wearing pink.

When his friends found out why he was wearing the shoes, everyone started wearing pink: Pink socks, pink shoes, pink hats, pink ribbons.
“My mom cried tears of joy last night when she found out,” he said.(WATCH the video below)

Justice Department to Monitor Elections in Michigan, New York and Ohio

The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor elections on Nov. 5, 2013, in Detroit and Hamtramck, Mich.; Orange County, N.Y.; and Cuyahoga and Lorain Counties, Ohio. The monitoring is designed to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.[…]

Does anyone have an update on the VRA fix? The issue seems to have just been completely dropped (am I wrong and there’s something on the table, not sure?).

trose1

no one is working on it

gn

Got it—I was worried that would end up being the case, SIGH.

qosine

Cuyahoga County, OH — Nina Turner land!

creolechild

Blistering exposé prompts Hopkins to suspend black-lung screenings

The coal industry has a decades-old friendship with Johns Hopkins
University, but now that cozy relationship is being torn apart by the
scrutiny of investigative journalists. When employees filed for black-lung-related benefits, coal companies paid the Baltimore-based university handsome sums to screen the claimants for the disease.

After reviewing chest X-rays, the university’s scientists almost always concluded that the scans did not show black lung — a conclusion which often overwhelmed any other medical opinion in the case.[…] The racket was exposed by the ABC, working in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity:[….]

Sorry if this is a duplication but it’s getting hard to keep track of all the indictments that are occurring…

SAC to Plead Guilty to Securities Fraud, CNBC Reports – 11/03/2013

SAC Capital Advisors LP will plead guilty to securities fraud, CNBC reported, resolving an indictment filed earlier this year in Manhattan federal court that was the culmination of a U.S. insider trading crackdown spanning the past six years.

SAC Capital will be fined $1.8 billion as part of the plea deal, which prosecutors and the hedge fund will probably sign today, the network said citing people familiar with the agreement whom it didn’t name.[…]

The others running in the nonpartisan race are Al Bartell, Fraser Duke and Glenn Wrightson.

Reed is seeking a second four-year term Tuesday.

Reed, a former state lawmaker, is known for his strong support of President Barack Obama and his working relationship with Republican Gov. Nathan Deal on issues including economic development and transportation.
THERE IS MORE- —

Attorney general hasn’t ruled out federal charges against George Zimmerman

[….] “I’m not sure exactly how much longer that will take, but we will get to a point where we are able to make a determination,” said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder.[….] “The case of George Zimmerman and what happens there, I think a substantial part was resolved in the case that was tried,” Holder said Monday.

The attorney general had said in April that the agency would “take
appropriate action” if its investigation finds any evidence of a federal civil rights crime against Martin. But Holder has cautioned that the Justice Department faces a “very high barrier” in pursuing federal criminal charges in such cases.

Thanks, Obama! 34 Million Americans Eligible for Free or Subsidized Insurance Under Obamacare

Here’s a story you won’t see in among the witch hunt of a media frenzy about Obamacare: according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, 17 million Americans will be eligible to receive subsidies in the Affordable Care Act marketplaces (exchanges). This is in addition to those who will become newly eligible for Medicaid
in states that accept the massive, fully-federally funded expansion of the program under the Affordable Care.

If all states accepted the Medicaid expansion, that would mean yet another 17 million Americans with free health coverage. If all states expanded Medicaid (at no cost to them – and likely less than no cost, since their cost of uncompensated care would be reduced dramatically), 34 million Americans in total would stand to gain either free or subsidized health insurance coverage. Thanks, Obama.[….]

— – – –On November 5th 1968, Shirley Chisholm became the first black woman elected to Congress. She represented New York’s 12th District and went on to maintain that seat for seven terms until 1983. Born in New York the daughter of West Indian parents, Chisholm was known for using her political career to fight for social justice and education. In 1969, Chisholm became one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
She then went on to become the first African American to make a bid to become President of the United States — running for a Democratic nomination in 1972.

Chisholm died in 2005, however in 2004 she said about her legacy, ”I want history to remember me not just as the first black woman to be elected to Congress, not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and dared to be herself.”

I think she’s just going to be in flashbacks when Olivia was a child, so her youth should work. Excited about where they’re going with this.

itgurl_29

Cool. I just looked and Khandi is 56. She looks damn good and ould easily pass for mid-30s.

gn

I didn’t realize she was 56; she didn’t age, at all.

http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

DAMN! She’s 56?? Go ‘head Miss Khandi!

conlakappa

That feels a little light for Khandi. She’s been around a while and wasn’t a spring chicken when she arrived on the scene. I’d do the usual Hollywood and add 4.

http://pragmaticobotsunite.blogspot.com/ Sepia

I don’t know about this casting…

gn

Really? I think sparks will fly between her and the dad. Will be interesting to see how it shakes out!

AxelFoley

I might have to start watching Scandal now.

creolechild

Good choice. Anyone remember her on this show?

Alma98

I loved that show lol.

conlakappa

Yes. RIP Phil Hartman who had one of the funniest lines in television, “Maestro, please, play Rump Shaker or a reasonable facsimile thereof!”

Lisa M

I’m cool with that…not that Shonda asked.

itgurl_29

This used to be my jam!! I liked the original but that Teddy Riley remix was my shiznit!!! Jane Child was that chick too.

Alma98

I love Jane Child too.

Lisa M

I thought I was the only one. I think I still have the 45 (yeah I just told ya I’m old).

AxelFoley

Got it on my iTunes.

TyrenM

BA B YEAH!

gn

@JuddLegum
VA Exit Polls:

WHITE VOTERS: Cuccinelli 54%, McAulliffe 38%

BLACK VOTERS: Cuccinelli 6%, McAulliffe 93%

If this holds in the results, this is a contest carried by black voters. I hope that McAuliffe doesn’t forget that when it comes time to legislate as well as use his visibility + perch to champion equality and redress.

Alma98

I’m always interested in the few black folks who vote for these racist nuts.

jds09

Me too, I wish someone would interview them.

gn

lol,you know there is always one in every family.

itgurl_29

The Don Lemons of the race. They just wanna be different and “better” than the rest of us. They’re “free thinkers” while we’re stuck on the democratic “plantation”.

EW Jackson’s relatives? 3 out of the 5 black Rs I know live in Virginny.

gn

@sherifffruitfly
prediction: majority of white women vote for cuccinelli, but white feminists will take credit for mcauliffe win.

Count on it. The media will crow about every other voting bloc while minimizing the black bloc, thus helping to send a message that every group should be explicitly catered to save black voters in VA—deja vu.

‏@TerryMcAuliffe
If you’re STILL IN LINE when polls close at 7, STAY IN LINE. You can vote and your vote will count. #VAGov

Hope McAuliffe does people right—Terry if they showed up for you, you’d better show up for them as well! But it’s looking great for him tonight.

Alma98

That’s my worry too gn they ask us to show up for them but then don’t show up for us.

gn

ICAM; it’s a vicious cycle that I think we can break with a little bit of planning.

crazycanuck

That would be a great tweet

Alma98

Thanks cc, maybe a t-shirt too.

malletgirl02

WTF the majority of white women voted for vagina probe Cuccinelli? Next time I hear the white feminist going on how black people are antifeminist I will remember that.

itgurl_29

White women always vote republican.

conlakappa

I thought that wasn’t the case with the 20-50 set and maybe even the truly senior.

itgurl_29

According to Twitter, CNN is saying that President Obama was a “liability” to Terry McAuliffe, even though Obama’s the one who turned VA purple, he copied PBO’s campaign down the the music set list as rallies, and that all of his votes have come from the Obama coalition, specifically getting support from over 90 percent of black voters. Secondly, Terry will obviously win tonight so why even talk about the President being a “liability”? They are so consumed with hatred and a visceral need to bring this president down, that they will make fools of themselves to do it.

White women are always absolved of their racism and I’m sick of it. I just called him out. The graph was right there and yet he still failed to point out that the majority of BOTH white men and women voted for Cuccinelli.

gn

And notice how it’s just taken for granted that Dems will get 90%, 95% black support—those are spectacular numbers which SHOULD confer a debt to this specific constituency. The media minimizing it is the first step to that debt not being paid adequately. Just watch as the night goes on and the days follow (unless people speak up).

Lisa M

John Kerry learned too late about that. He only got 88% of the black vote and how did that work out for him.

TyrenM

THIS needs to be sent out before next years (& ’16) elections.

gn

Here we go:

@DavidCornDC
Exit polls show VA race is not about Obama but about the shutdown, women, abortion, and the changing electorate. Bad news for GOP.

VA is 20% black. 90, 95% black support put McAuliffe over the top; had PBO come against him McAuliffe couldn’t have swung that.

jziglar

Well if President Obama was a liability then we would see some effect right ? These people are so stupid !

President Obama was the first democrat since LBJ to carry Virginia which is turning blue. The Obama coalition (or as Ron Brownstein calls it: The coalition of the ascendent) is the future of this country. This coalition will be the majority in the not so distant future.

qosine

CNN’s ratings plummet, while the Obama Coalition’s rise.
No way McAuliffe could win without PBO’s support.
And with AG Holder’s Train of Justice, it’s a new day.

—- – —There are few things that bring smiles to even the most jaded faces — balloons, blaring trumpets and tap dancers. A new Broadway revue has two— no, make that all three — so no wonder it leaves you feeling lighter than air. After Midnight, a candy sampler of some two dozen musical numbers that showcase dance, jazz or singing, opened Sunday at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre led by musical genius Wynton Marsalis, an endearing Dule Hill as its host and a thrilling guest singer in Fantasia Barrino.

The show, which first surfaced in 2011 off-Broadway, tries to re-create the energy and fun of Harlem’s famous Cotton Club nightclub in the 1920s and 30s, when Duke Ellington and his band made everything cool. It does so with panache but avoids sounding old-fashioned: There’s even room for some breakdancing and popping. As
17 musicians from Jazz at Lincoln Center play, the night includes
Fantasia belting out a super “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” a
subdued “Stormy Weather” and an infectious “Zaz Zuh Zaz.” Adriane Lenox plays a hysterical boozy hellcat in two numbers, “Women Be Wise” and “GoBack Where You Stayed Last Night.”
THERE IS MORE — – –Sounds like a “winner”. :>)
– -[Any POU FAM♥ comments? :>)]

I’ve noticed the media has started to moderate its position from OMG its a bust to maybe its gonna work despite an awful roll out. Bastards.

In reality, the numbers must be really good.

MonieTalks

Call me a conspiracy theorist….but this piling on Obamacare was done to affect today’s election. The shutdown really put the GOP in a bad light in this heavily federal government dependent state. And of course, the media dropped the subject on the costly shutdown real quick to malign Obamacare. uh huh

conlakappa

I don’t think you need to don any tin foil: you’re right. Any time the freakin’ local affiliate shows just a clip of the winner without his speech, going instead for the loser saying his votes are a referendum on the suck that is Obamacare, there is a problem and a disconnect. Why would I need to hear Kooky say jack about jack? He lost. Now step aside, bum, the whole Tea Party in leadership in Virginia is over.

malletgirl02

Everyone on PBS ,”The African Americans” is on. They are showing and episode about the Civil War.

Alma98

Thanks!

malletgirl02

While I’m on the topic of the Civil War. It irks me how some white southerns are still angry about the outcome of the Civil War. The thing is, the Confederacy started the war by firing on Fort Sumner.

MonieTalks

What irks me more is that they won’t admit that they went to war fighting over their desire to continue to be welfare recipients. The despicable use of slavery was the ultimate “sit their lazy ass at home and collect off the labor of others” scheme ever ran in this country. The Confederate flag is the ultimate symbol of that.

gn

I like Buono (most stations have already called NJ Gov for Christie) but this is just the truth; she never took off, no need to read more into that:

@DebsWorldNY
Chris Christie ran basically unopposed. There is nothing more to read into it. Period.

itgurl_29

Yes, I was just thinking that. I’m like, why is everyone making a big deal over Christie? He ran against an unknown who didn’t even have support and money from her own party establishment! He was pretty much unopposed. The fact is, had Cory Booker decided he wanted to be governor instead of a senator, Christie would be losing tonight.

gn

had Cory Booker decided he wanted to be governor instead of a senator, Christie would be losing tonight.

I’m watching the African Americans on PBS I’m even more pissed about Kayne’s wearing the confederate jacket. I’m hearing how the Confederates treated black Union troops. If captured the were treated as slaves in rebellion. in one instances the black Union soldiers weren’t allowed to surrender they will massacured. Not to mention the obvious the Confederacy was fighting to keep his ancestors in bondage. Kanye needs to deflect his ego and learn some history.

crazycanuck

Not just Kanye, it’s making me pissed about everything

AxelFoley

The Dem won the Lt. Governorship of VA!

Alma98

Congrats Axel!

qosine

Great news!!

Miranda

Black Canseco ‏@BlackCanseco14m
#DonLemonOn Paula Deen: “She is kind. She is smart. She is important.”

People are overreacting to results in Virginia right now. The less populated areas always come in first and then the more populated areas (Democratic strongholds) come in later. We’ve seen this in past elections in Virginia and on the national level.

Alma98

Thank you!

gn

Srsly:

@SteveDeaceShow
Text I just got from someone in Cuccinelli war room — “Looks like we’re going to lose by 5. Key northern Virginia counties still not in.”

jziglar

The polls had Terry winning by 5-6 points which was the average. Chuck Todd is trying to downplay a victory already.

gn

This is why I love reading news filtered by my twitter feed, because they’re already starting to roast him lol:

@Charmed86
Chuck “it’s not my Job” is saying something…he’s not happy at the Terry rally…sounds like he’s been crying.

He’s like Christie; he really ran unopposed. The GOP candidate was never a threat. Happily voted for him; will be watching to see how his admin shapes up.

crazycanuck

Jimi Hendrix was painfully shy #thingsIdidn’tknowabouthendrix

gn

h/t NerdyWonka

Another great elected pol; no one expects perfection but please remember who brought you to the dance, sir:

@JuddLegum: NYC Exit Polls:

WHITE VOTE: De Blasio 55, Lhota 41

BLACK VOTE: De Blasio 96, Lhota 4

Alma98

We’re the backbone of the dem party and that’s the truth.

crazycanuck

No Alma, that is the emoprogs. Please get it right

Alma98

LOL!

jziglar

It’s been that way since LBJ signed the voting rights act and Civil Rights Act. Republicans like Eisenhower who were moderate and liberal use to get 40-45 % of the black vote but that changed when the parties changed.

gn

Faux just called VA for McAuliffe:

@brithume
Fox News projects McAuliffe wins VA Gov.

Miranda

And the media immediately pivots to a “but he didnt win by at least 10 points, Obama is to blame” narrative.

Lisa M

Schmidt went all in on that blaming POTUS and ACA talkin’ about the President lost all credibility with that.

Alma98

They are so damn sad and predictable.

Miranda

Its really amazing. I swear you can literally see their scrunched up faces via their tweets. Being snide and attempting to throw all kinds of shade on Dem victories…but really just shading their own damn selves.

jziglar

Chuck Todd predicted that the President would win the popular vote by 1 point and he was wrong. These pundits have no clue what they’re talking about.

Mr. McAuliffe, 56, benefited from a larger war chest and his opponent’s decision to appeal almost entirely to his party’s conservative base. He was able to frame the vote as a referendum on whether Mr. Cuccinelli’s social views were out of step in a state that is increasingly suburban and diverse.

Bill De Blasio Elected Mayor of New York
Bill de Blasio, who transformed himself from a little-known occupant of an obscure office into the fiery voice of New York’s disillusionment with a new gilded age, was elected the city’s 109th mayor on Tuesday.He defeated Joseph J. Lhota, the former chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, by a wide margin, exit polls show.

Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey Wins Re-election, Exit Polls Show
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey won re-election on Tuesday, defeating his Democratic rival, State Senator Barbara Buono, by a crushing margin. The victory vaulted him to the front ranks of Republican presidential contenders.In a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by 700,000, Mr. Christie won decisively, making impressive inroads among younger voters, blacks, Hispanics and women – all groups that Republicans nationally have struggled to attract.

So what’s going on with virginia ? Isn’t it amazing that the press is invested in as the GOP for their narrative.

gn

McAuliffe will win—they’re neck and neck with mostly Dem-leaning precincts left to count. The VA Board of Elections has 88% precincts counted with Cuccinelli at 46.51%, McAuliffe, 46.48%. The next few minutes will make McAuliffe’s win obvious.

Briefly turhed to MSNBC just in time to hear Rachel Maddow say that women gave Terry MacAuliffe the win in Virginia. Of course she didn’t specify that they were black women. Stay caping for your sistren Maddow, even as they vote against your interests in large numbers.

gn

We’re talking about this exact phenomenon downthread; black voters deliver these narrow victories (VA) and landslides (NYC), yet this is systematically de-emphasized and is part of the reason that the black voting bloc is taken for granted.

AxelFoley

LOL at sistren.

jziglar

The problem with saying that “women” won the election is that it’s too broad of an explanation. Women of color have provided the large margins which have dwarfed white women. Polls have shown that minority women have supported democrats by large margins.

It really something watching the media be completely pissed off about the results this evening. Seriously, they can’t even be bothered to hide how angry they are that their pre-printed columns and segments on how “GOP victories show country hates PBO and Obamacare” are for naught. They’ll still try and make that narrative stick somehow, but they’re mad they’ll have to work extra hard for it.

MR. PRESIDENT will have a good time at the – –NEXT MAYOR’S MEETING!! — – :>)

rikyrah

GLH,
this gif cracks me up!

GreenLadyHere

LOL – — -It’s my “GREEEN Happy Dance” —- :>)

JB20005

What’s the Cuccinelli camp going to do with all of those commemorative “I’m with Ken 2013″ transvaginal probes they ordered for the inauguration?

Miranda

*says slowly*…..You dont wanna know man….you really dont wanna know

gn

lol; I saw this one tonight too:

@HToneTastic
Say what you will about McAuliffe but at least I don’t have turn in my birth control to the authorities tomorrow

gn

@tommyxtopher
Can @CNN no longer put together a panel without a racist shitbag on it?

qosine

NO

rikyrah

So nice seeing the DeBlasios vote as a family – this was their daughter’s first vote…

rikyrah

There are 400,000 working poor in Virginia who now can see the bridge to healthcare access with this election.

JB20005

Chuck Todd was so pissed when McAuliffe pulled ahead.

It totes harshed his “Virginia hates Obamacare” narrative that was set for tomorrow.

Meh, he’ll probably still run with it.

Miranda

Of course he is, not gonna let a perfectly good ass backwards narrative go to waste!

rikyrah

they’re STILL mad the President made them throw away all their Syria War Scripts.

rikyrah

Think about the size of McAuliffe’s win if they hadn’t of purged all those Democratic voters last week

Alma98

Yep they were doing their best to fix this election. Hopefully these people will be put back on the rolls.

rikyrah

John Nichols @NicholsUprising

Marty Walsh, a former union leader who was attacked for being too pro-union, is elected mayor of Boston. @thenation @WeGotEd @edshow

8:51 PM – 5 Nov 2013

rikyrah

Kevin Landrigan @Klandrigan

NH Dems bag another special election, this one a big prize knocking off ex-House Maj. Leader Peter Silva with Latha Mangipudi. #nhpolitics

7:38 PM – 5 Nov 2013

Miranda

So lemme guess…its much more of an indictment on PBO that an incumbent Christie won re-election and a much bigger story for the media…than PBO and FLOTUS and VP Biden going to VA to campaign for probably the weakest Dem ever to run for Gov of a state that currently has a Republican Gov and he won?

And Christie’s margin was not as great as the media said it would be. Last I checked he was under 60 %of the vote which means there is too much hype. Christie is another Giuliani who won’t be president but loved by the beltway.

qosine

Oh, NJ — wait till you see what Christie has for you in
Round 2. His philosophy, politics, and policies are just as right wing as the Tea Party. He’s neighborhood in NJ, but still a
racist provincial yahoo to the rest of us.

itgurl_29

@blackamazon

#solidarityisforwhitewomen when your all white leadership STILL can’t get white women to vote for reproductive justice.

malletgirl02

This so much. I’m tired of white feminist complaining that black people aren’t pro choice enough. What do they have to say when the majority of white women voted for mr. vagina probe?

gn

Some truth to this; McAuliffe isn’t exactly the most popular Dem ever…

I see someone got pissed at the POU twitter feed about Buono but this person is upset for no reason:

@amaditalks
Did @emilyslist support Barbara Buono? I follow them but don’t recall seeing her name (which I only learned last week).

@amaditalks50m
-@PragObots @KatrinaNation but it goes the other way as well, the president could have lent support regardless.

“which I only learned last week”—-I happen to follow some people who have been discussing Buono’s contest for some time now and it was clear that she never had a chance. I don’t know what happened but in the last few days there was a drama whipped up about her amongst people who hadn’t been paying any attention or boosting her at all for this entire time, now demanding to know why she was losing at the eleventh hour. That’s a day late and dollar short IMO. Netroots should have gotten involved a year ago if this contest were crucial to them.

Alma98

I love how all the dems are now jacking PBO’s campaigning style.
PBO really changed the game.

AxelFoley

‘Bout time they get with the program.

qosine

Yep,

crazycanuck

Please kill Root, and stop my misery. I cannot find any love for that character

jziglar

The village is really trying too hard with this Christie worship. The guy can’t handle a national campaign and he will be exposed big time in a national campaign. He has so many skeletons in his closet and the man is one hamburger away from a heart attack.

GreenLady, I am sorry.
How long is the mayoral term?
How much pull with Duggan have under Orr?
Won’t federal help have some oversight, too?
Pensions are at risk, so can any federal help
build in some oversight to counter state GOP?

yep.
same type of White woman voted for Willard.
and the same types of women voted for President Obama.

lamh36

I want to take the time to thank everyone who wished me a Happy Birthday. I tried my best to respond to each one individually, but if I didn’t I apologize, cause the day just got away from me. But I appreciate them all, and I just wanted to say thanks to all the POU fam!

Dave Wasserman ‏@Redistrict22m
Herring (D) down 7,061 votes, but still out: absentees in Fairfax, Norfolk, Hampton, Newport News, PWC. Would rather be Herring.https://twitter.com/Redistrict

qosine

I only know Fairfax Co. Seems those absentee votes would go Herring. Present Virginians know more than me.

Alma98

He might just pull it off.

Town

The difference is now about 208 votes.

TyrenM

Let’s get it!

malletgirl02

Ms. Tucker needs to know that politics ain’t tiddy winks.

conlakappa

Oh, lawsy, Tucker. Her name says it all about her.

rikyrah

CORALVILLE, Iowa — No election may be too small for the independent political groups vying for influence in the United States.
That’s the impression some people in Coralville, Iowa, have gotten since Americans for Prosperity jumped into their municipal election and turned it into a referendum on government spending. Residents in the community of 19,000 say they’ve never seen such an outside effort in a local vote. AFP has targeted residents with home visits, phone calls and mailings calling the city’s $280 million debt a crisis. One flier hitting mailboxes this week says Coralville is on its way to becoming bankrupt like Detroit.

Despite their best efforts and Americans for Prosperity proved once again they can not be trusted to handle their donors money. All of the candidates backed by AFP have been soundly defeated. The good guys won every precinct at both the mayoral and city council level. Congrats to my fellow wise residents.

qosine

Wonderful news!

rikyrah

SheriffFruitfly @sherifffruitfly

everyone who says “women won it for McAuliffe” is lying. BLACK women did it. white women voted for cuccinelli.

So Black voters, particularly Black women came through in VA…Dems remember that when the MSM starts advising you to “distance” from PBO.

10:26 PM – 5 Nov 2013

rikyrah

Nerdy Wonka @NerdyWonka

Democratic party should be grateful for Black voters. If it were up to whites, they’d be screwed (h/t @Smartypants60)

10:22 PM – 5 Nov 2013

rikyrah

Michael Hargrove @MichaelHargrov1

So can we officially put to rest the notice that African-Americans only turnout in large numbers for African-American candidates.

9:07 PM – 5 Nov 2013

qosine

With that AL House race between estab GOP Byrne and Tea Party Young, maybe Dems might have a chance in the South? I saw TN,
and felt hope, though no idea who might surface.

Like GLH says, “Watchin”
….
Sean Trende ‏@SeanTrende 2m
Based on the AL results, if I’m the Ds, I go find the strongest
possible candidate for Sen. in MS, TN and SC. Just in case.https://twitter.com/Redistrict

rikyrah

Allan Brauer @allanbrauer

Texans, if you want Wendy Davis to win, you need to concentrate on connecting with women of color. It’s your only path to victory.

10:46 PM – 5 Nov 2013

TyrenM

Realest shit I’ve heard all night. Think Byrd and crew put a bug in her ear after last weeks diarrhea of the mouth?

I’ll keep listening.

rikyrah

Smarty Pants @Smartypants60

Let this one sink in for a moment…Cooch beat TMac by 16 points with white women.

10:48 PM – 5 Nov 2013

GreenLadyHere

POU FAM♥–O/T- —OMWORD! — NOT AGAIN![Except —THIS time it WAS the RESIDENT.]

——The family of a Detroit woman shot to death after she is believed to have sought help at a Dearborn Heights home is calling for answers in the incident.

The family of Renisha McBride, 19, said she went for help after a car
accident around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. She died of a gunshot wound to the head after knocking on the door of a home on the 16000 block of Outer Drive near Warren in Dearborn Heights, near where the accident occurred. Her cellphone battery had died, her family said.

Few other details about the incident have been released by the Dearborn Heights Police Department.

“DearbornHeights (has) identified the person who fired the shot and killed the woman,” according to a press release. The statement added that a final report on the shooting will be forwarded to the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office for review in the near future.

McBride’s maternal aunt, Bernita Spinks, said the shooting was not justified even if the resident believed McBride was an intruder breaking into the home.

“He shot her in the head … for what? For knocking on his door,” said Spinks on Tuesday. “If he felt scared or threatened, he should have called 911.”
THERE IS MORE – – – – -RIHEP. – -CONDOLENCES 2 ALL. AMEN.

– – – – —A Transportation Security Administration officer who was wounded in a gunman’s deadly attack at Los Angeles International Airport is speaking out for the first time.

Thirty-six-year-old Tony Grigsby was shot twice in the right foot
during Friday’s attack. He walked with a cane Monday as he read a
statement outside his South Los Angeles home.

Grigsby says he was trying to help an elderly man get to safety when the gunman shot him. He said that even after being wounded, his main concern was helping people who came up to him.

Grigsby was a friend of Gerardo Hernandez, the officer who was
killed. He fought back tears as he called Hernandez a wonderful person who will be missed.– – –
THERE IS MORE – — –-A TRUE HERO;- – – -BLESS U♥ AMEN.

lamh36

I’m telling ya’ll. The NJ electorate Black, white, hispanice, whatever have fallen prey to the “Soprano” syndrome in Christie form. The whole mobster with a heart bullshit and they fell for it hook line and sinker, forgetting or ignoring that Tony S was a criminal and actually had people killed.

— – – CREW has filed a complaint that urges the IRS to investigate the Koch Brothers for violating numerous tax laws, while trying to anonymously funnel money to Republican candidates.

CREW detailed their complaint to the IRS,

CREW also filed a complaint with the IRS asking for an investigation into the activities of Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, Inc., a 501(c)(6) organization linked to the Koch Brothers.
In its application to the IRS, Freedom Partners claimed it would be
“promot[ing] the common business interests and conditions of its
members, in order to improve their competitive standing and innovation in various lines of business, industries, etc. in which they are engaged.” In reality, Freedom Partners has done nothing except funnel anonymous money into other tax-exempt organizations.

– – -SNIP- –

What the Koch brothers are doing is common practice on the right.
These common business organizations actually have nothing to do with business. Their purpose is to move millions of dollars to the network of right wing anonymous organizations. Since the Supreme Court opened the floodgates with the Citizens United decision, the Koch brothers have set up a vast dark money network with the goal in mind of complete ownership of the government.

CREW’s complaint is important because it brings the Koch brothers unwanted attention. The Kocks don’t want the people to figure out that their democracy is under threat from a handful of conservative billionaires. It is clear that what the Kochs and other right wing billionaires are doing is a violation of the tax code.
THERE IS MORE – – — – – –CALL ‘EM OUT!!–HAH!

— — –During a hearing on Obamacare implementation Tuesday, Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee chairman Sen. Tom Harkin(D-IA) offered a powerful rebuttal to those criticizing the Affordable Care Act’s inclusion of maternity care coverage as one of ten “essential health benefits” categories that insurance companies must offer consumers under the health law.
ACA critics have held up the maternity coverage requirement as a prime example of excessive Obamacare regulations that will drive up insurance policy prices by forcing plans to include frilly benefits that a consumer may not need. Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) sarcastically asked Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius if she had ever hear of a man giving birth during a House hearing last week, and numerous critical media accounts have picked up on the argument.

Harkin responded to this line of thinking on Tuesday by comparing the overall societal value of the coverage requirement to the value of public education, which is funded through property taxes:

HARKIN: Now, I must say there was a story the other day
in the paper about somebody who said, “Now I got — I have to take this policy that covers maternity care. My wife and I are not having more children. Why should I have to have a policy that covers maternity care?”
I got to thinking about that. I thought, you know what? Maybe because my wife and I do not have any more children and they are grown up, maybe I should not have to pay property taxes to pay for my local schools. Huh? Why should I worry about it? Maybe only people who have kids going to the public school should pay for it. We are better than that in this country. We are talking about being part of our society.It is to our benefit, my wife and I, to support our local schools because that is our next generation, we want them well taught. Same with health care. It is a values system.– —[LOGIC! HAH!]
THERE IS MORE — ——[Good on U. :>)]